Thursday’s headlines

CITY HALL
• Business lobby says city must look at new taxes, tolls [The Star]
• James: police cuts? An insult to our intelligence [The Star]
• Police dry cleaning bill to be $700,000 less in new budget [The Star]
• What could go wrong with a low bid garbage contract? [The Grid]
• Trash clash [NOW]

ROB FORD
• Ford swore at 911 dispatcher: report [The Star]
• Mayor Ford blasted 911 after CBC ambush [The Sun]
• Rob (effing) Ford makes a bad situation worse [National Post]
• Almost mayoral candidate Steve Murray offers advice to Rob Ford [National Post]

TRANSIT & TRAFFIC
• Striking transit workers plan rally in Newmarket [The Star]
• Cycling a better way to get around than it looks [The Star]
• Service gap: most TTC complaints are about service levels, not rude ticket-takers or in-your-face drivers [NOW]
• Transit city? [Torontoist]

TORONTO ZOO
• Political animals vote to move elephants, save sharks [Globe & Mail]
• City hall “not qualified to make the decision on elephants’ future:” zoo staff [National Post]
• Bob Barker lauds council elephant decision [The Sun]

OCCUPY TORONTO
• What Occupy Toronto and Ford voters have in common [The Grid]
• Bonfire of occupying vanities for city [The Sun]
• Clock is ticking for Occupy Toronto: Holyday [The Sun]
• Occupation hazard [NOW]

OTHER NEWS
• Cheers – then bickering – greet Brampton integrity report [The Star]
• Durham used illegal method to make tardy tenants pay up [The Star]
• Parkdale’s great debate [The Grid]